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Summer festival: The Friday, Saturday and Sunday after July 10 Autumn festival: The Friday, Saturday and Sunday that surround the second Saturday in October.
Chiba
Late February every year (tentative)
Fukui
Mid-August every year (tentative)
Hyogo
Every year from February 17 to 20
Aomori
May 19–21 every year
Every year in the second week of October
Nagano
Every year on January 7
Fukushima
January 9 to 11 every year
Osaka
End March–Early April *Timings may differ depending on the state of bloom of the cherry trees
Niigata
Early July every year (tentative)
Every year from August 12 to 15
Tokushima
Every year on November 2/3
Kagoshima
Every year on the third Friday, Saturday and Sunday in November
Oita
Every year on the third Saturday in February
Okayama
Every year from early to late July Yoimiya Festival: July 24, Honmiya Festival: July 25
Every year for the three days of Friday to Sunday in the first week of August.
Gumma
November 1–30 every year
Aichi
Third week in April every year
Miyazaki
Spring Takayama Festival (Sanno Festival) Mid-April every year (tentative) [Autumn Festival (Hachiman Festival) Early October every year (tentative)
Gifu
Late July every year (tentative)
Fukuoka
Early to mid-April *Timings may differ depending on the state of bloom of the cherry trees.
Miyagi
Third Sunday of May every year and the day before
Every year on January 20
Every year from June 7 to 17
Tokyo
Every year on August 12 to 14
Kagawa
April 19 and 20 every year
Early April - Mid April every year
The first Sunday of April every year.
Shimane
Early May every year (tentative)
Mie
Every year on February 13 to 14
Yamanashi
March 3 every year
Wakayama
April 20–May 5 every year
Akita
Toyama
April 1 to the following Sunday every year *There are irregularities
Mid-November every year (tentative)
Mid-July every year (tentative)
Late October - Early November every year (tentative)
Saga
Every year for three days from October 7 to 9
Nagasaki
Mid-May every year (tentative)
April 21–May 5 every year (May change depending on the flowering status of the cherry trees)
One day in late March or early April (March 3 according to the old calendar)
Tottori
Every year for the 3 days of the Friday, Saturday and Sunday that are closest to October 25
Early February every year (tentative)
Iwate
Late September every year (tentative)
Every year for three days with the second Sunday in October as the last day.
May 2–4 every year
Yamaguchi
Every year on January 15
Mid-October every year (tentative)
Shiga
6th, 7th and 8th of August every year
Every year on the fourth Saturday in November.
Every year on the Friday to Sunday that includes the fourth Saturday of July.
Tochigi
Every year on January 9 to 11
Kumamoto
Early August every year (tentative)
Late April every year (tentative)
Kochi
Early June - Mid-June every year (tentative)
Hokkaido
Every year on September 15 and for three days with Respect for the Aged Day as the last days.
Ibaraki
April 9–17 every year
The first Saturday and Sunday of April every year
Late February - Late March every year (tentative)
Every year from August 1 to 4
Early October every year (tentative)
Okinawa
Every year from early July to October
Ishikawa
Late November to February 12
Yamagata
Late November every year (tentative)
Every year on August 26 and 27
Early May - Late May every year (tentative)
Early April–End May every year (tentative) *The best time to see nemophila is from mid-April to early May
Every year on the first Saturday/Sunday of November
February 15 and 16 each year
The weekend preceding May 15 every year
Every year on December 2 to 3
Saitama
Every year from October 16 to 18
Ehime
Every year on the first Sunday or national holiday after September 16
Every year on October 14/15
Every year on the 2nd Saturday/Sunday of February
Hiroshima
Late October - Late November every year (tentative)
Shizuoka
Every year from August 2 to 7
Every year from August 5 to 7
Mid-February - Early April every year (tentative)
Every year from July 20 to 23
Late February - Early March every year (tentative)
Every year on August 2/3
Held the Saturday and Sunday of the Sports Day long weekend every October
Every year around February
Early August - Mid-August every year (tentative)
Every year on the first Sunday of August and the day before.
Mid-April every year (tentative)
Early February - Mid-February every year (tentative)
September 1 to 3 every year
Every year on August 13
Late March every year (tentative)
Early October - Mid-October every year (tentative)
Early April every year (tentative)
Late August every year (tentative)
Late April - Early May every year (tentative)
Every year for the 3 days of the Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the second week of October
Mid-late February every year (tentative)
Every year on the last Sunday of October
Late January every year (tentative)
Nara
Early December - Late December every year (tentative)
Sunday in early October (the day before the second Monday)
Early February - Early March every year (tentative)
Every year from August 5 to 14 (scheduled)
Every year on the first Friday to Sunday of August
Kanagawa
The third Sunday of October every year, and the day before.
May 17 and 18 every year
Held on May 3 and 4 every year (scheduled)
October 8 to 10 (fixed dates every year)
First Saturday in August
Late January - Mid-February every year (tentative)
July 22, 23 and 24
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